 "India's brutal Covid-19 wave hammers fuel sales as lockdowns spread")
Indian fuel sales declined in the first half of April as a deadly second wave of Covid-19 led to renewed lockdowns and crippled demand.
Sales of everything from diesel to cooking fuels dropped during April 1-15 from a month earlier, according to people familiar with preliminary data from the country’s three biggest retailers.
Even gasoline fell by about 5 per cent — a product that recovered strongly during the pandemic as people favored their own cars over public transport to avoid being infected by the coronavirus.
Sales of everything from diesel to cooking fuels dropped during April 1-15 from a month earlier, according to people familiar with preliminary data from the country’s three biggest retailers.
Even gasoline fell by about 5 per cent — a product that recovered strongly during the pandemic as people favored their own cars over public transport to avoid being infected by the coronavirus.
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